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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sna(t)ch, v. [ME and e.m.E. snecchen (a1225), snacche(n (Trevisa), snache (c1400), snatche (1530).] tr. a. To seize, take hold of. b. To remove from (one's possession). —a. 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 71.
It [sc. a viper] snatcht him by the finger, he hastily shakt it of on the stage, and his finger fell a blooding —b. 1649 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 587.
Ȝet the generall assembley … made a werey sore mint to haue snacht this shadow from the people